stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
morning assembly; morning gathering; morning meeting
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
library (usu. single-room); small library
newspaper story (article, account)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to be flowing (of blood); to be alive; to be humane; to show signs of humanity
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
appearance; expression; manifestation
being startled; getting a shock
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to be opposite; to face each other
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret